- Developed a variety of complicated optical/electronic setups from scratch, such as supercontinuum white light generation, imaging, ultrafast pump-probe (shot-noise limited) spectroscopy, nonlinear generation, Raman, photoluminescence, linear reflectivity, cross-polarization spectroscopy, angle-resolved nonlinear characterization, photoconductance measurement, etc., with python automation to characterize quantum materials and/or photonic structures/circuits.- Developed scanning nonlinear coherent source through difference frequency generation of two class 4 CW lasers, with a scanning speed that exceeds any commercial system, for donor and photonics characterization- Led research on quantum emitters in silicon, developed high quality factor photonic crystal cavities and photonic circuits in a variety of wavelengths for quantum optics applications, from design/FDTD simulation, fabrication to characterization and data analysis- Developed shot-noise limited optical measurement setups to study superconducting phase transition of atomically thin superconductors, at different temperatures and magnetic fields- Developed electro-optical measurement systems to study low dimensional condensed matter systems at cryogenic environment- Conducted research on fault-tolerant QC architecture of silicon donor-spin based quantum computer-Mentored graduate and undergraduate students, led to a few journal and conference publications

- Initialized the flexible quantum dot photodetection research direction in the group and contributed solely to a variety of interdisciplinary research projects such as optical tweezers, MEMS resonator, and achieved high performance devices or setups, in areas of optics, materials, physics, bioengineering and programming- Took a leading role in managing the research lab, frequently contacted vendors for lab equipment and supplies- Setup server and built lab wiki pages- Mentored 8 graduate/undergraduate students in various research projects- Produced CAD drawings for various projects- Wrote documentation for experimental recipes and characterization setup operation manuals- Prepared formal quarterly presentations to communicate results to the extended multidisciplinary research team- Presented research in IEEE Photonics Conference 2012, CLEO 2014, Advanced Photonics Conference 2015, NAMS 2016, Microoptics Conference 2016, and Town Hall Seattle

- TA’ed various courses on MEMS, semiconductor device, electromagnetics, circuits/devices, optics, etc.- Prepared and graded homework, labs and exams; gave lectures and lab instructions; held office hours